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I'm really liking the dynamics between the Higashikata family! And lol, poor Joshuu just keeps getting the short end of the stick, doesn't he? Also looks like the father's keeping some sinister secrets, despite his friendly exterior.....

And now we've got our second gender swap.... first was Yasuho, and now we've got the Nijimura maid. Still, definitely gotta wonder what's up with whatever new stand power is at work here. From what Daiya hinted, it looks like "following orders" and "acting natural" is the way to avoid activating whatever strange ability that is.....

Oh, and speaking of Daiya, I already want her to become one of the main cast.....

This chapter comforted me in thinking Josuke should have never accepted to live with that family. From the looks of it, Joshuu will be the least of his problems. Norisuke is creepy as all hell and obviously had ulterior motives for taking Josuke in, and the whole family is just... well, bizarre.

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Ah, nice chapter.

Spoiler for chapter 7:

I'm really liking the dynamics between the Higashikata family! And lol, poor Joshuu just keeps getting the short end of the stick, doesn't he?

Lol, I almost feel sorry for him. Although it isn't his intention, Josuke is stealing everything from the poor chap. This situation vaguely reminds me of part 1, a very twisted version of it.

Looks like Daiya is a stand user (though I'm unsure if her power is the cause of the insanity from last chapter). The name of her power is "California King Bed". lol, a Rihanna reference in my Jojo!? Inconceivable!

Looks like Daiya is a stand user (though I'm unsure if her power is the cause of the insanity from last chapter). The name of her power is "California King Bed". lol, a Rihanna reference in my Jojo!? Inconceivable!

To follow up on that earlier spoiler, here's a few pics to confirm it:

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So.... I guess her power is themed around chess or something? BTW, something amusing to note is that Daiya adds a "-chan" to the end of her stand's name. Man, she's seriously starting to become one of my favorite female Jojo characters....

^I haven't seen any other details about the movie so far. But personally, if we're talking about a live-action Jojo adaption, I think it would be more appropriate for it to be based on parts 1 or 2 since the ripple powers wouldn't look as awkward as stands, IMO.....

And hey, has anyone else read the recently translated SBR chapters?

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Say what you will about the Valentine battle being dragged out, the guy's a damned awesome character. I especially loved the flashback, even if it basically ripped off Pulp Fiction (just replace the ass with an eye socket ). Part of me actually wishes that he survives the ordeal, but..... well, he's still pretty much a major villain, so I think that's a no-no at this point. I still think it's pretty cool how he decides to negotiate with Johnny in the end, though.

BTW, the whole thing with Valentine constantly getting buried every time he goes dimension-hopping sorta reminds me Diavolo's defeat in part 5 (his alternate bodies even all get killed off after transferring his power, so).....

Say what you will about the Valentine battle being dragged out, the guy's a damned awesome character. I especially loved the flashback, even if it basically ripped off Pulp Fiction (just replace the ass with an eye socket ). Part of me actually wishes that he survives the ordeal, but..... well, he's still pretty much a major villain, so I think that's a no-no at this point. I still think it's pretty cool how he decides to negotiate with Johnny in the end, though.

BTW, the whole thing with Valentine constantly getting buried every time he goes dimension-hopping sorta reminds me Diavolo's defeat in part 5 (his alternate bodies even all get killed off after transferring his power, so).....

Sure have.

Spoiler for SBR volume 22:

I was strongly reminded of Diavalo too. Diavalo's fate was far more cruel however, since he had absolutely no control over what was happening (wonder if he's still struck in this loop even now? I half-expected him to meet Valentine this chapter lol) whereas Valentine can give up and die if he so chooses since he's the one dimension hopping.

I enjoyed Valentine's backstory as well. It's interesting that the antagonist of this arc has far more noble goals in mind than the protagonist. He's very different from previous Jojo villains.

I enjoyed Valentine's backstory as well. It's interesting that the antagonist of this arc has far more noble goals in mind than the protagonist. He's very different from previous Jojo villains.

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Well, that's not entirely true. Pucci from Stone Ocean basically had righteous intentions as well (and frankly, if not for him, Valentine wouldn't have even existed in the first place!).

Okay, so the raw for this month's Jojolion is out now. However, since last month's chapter hasn't been translated yet, I think I should give a small summary of that first to bring us up to speed:

Spoiler for Jojolion chap 8:

So as I mentioned a while back, Daiya has a stand called "California King Bed", which she explains she obtained after falling in a ditch when she was about 2-3 years old. It turns out that the way her ability works is that she can steal a person's memories and seal it inside of a chess piece if that person disobeys her orders (however, this does NOT mean that she was the one who stole the memories of Gappy's true identity!). Anyhow, the memory she stole was the symbol that was on Kira's corpse (which also appeared on the stair banister in the Higashikata household). She also notes that it's unwise to break the chess piece containing the memory because that would mean losing that memory forever. However, since "fairness" seems to be a condition of her ability she explains its weakness to him: A victim can regain their memories if Daiya steps on their shadow. But naturally, she won't give the protagonist his memories back so easily, forcing him to consider defeating her power through more trickier means.....

Meanwhile, Yasuho is back at her house, and checks out some lab test results comparing Gappy and Kira's DNA. It turns out that their bodies have a 95.8% match...! Yasuho is about to call back the lab when she too notices the strange symbol on the picture of Kira's corpse.....

Follow now? Good! Now let's move on to the summary for THIS month's chapter:

Spoiler for Jojolion chap 9:

Continuing from last chapter, Daiya wises up to Josuke's attempts at tricking her into stepping onto his shadow. She then punishes him by..... stealing his memories of Yasuho! Daiya then makes her move and seduces our gap-toothed friend.....

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However, it's around this time that papa comes back home, and.... well:

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Naturally, Norisuke is enraged when he sees his guest about to deflower his daughter, but he backs off for some reason (probably to set up his revenge on him at a later time....). However, the two lovebirds nonetheless get interrupted when one of Josuke's bubbles pops, making a noise (apparently, he sealed off the sound of the light switch earlier with his ability). Daiya escapes from his embrace, having once again caught on to his true intentions....

Man, that Daiya is one tricky broad! To think she could exercise this much control over poor Gappy..... hopefully, he'll find a way to defeat her power soon (and I'm still sorta hoping that she'll turn over a new leaf and become one of the heroes, but that may be difficult if her daddy is aiming for Josuke's head next....)

Now having learned all this info, these sound like a couple of fun chapters to me!

I just caught up with the latest chapter and and now what I'm wondering is...

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What's up with Mr. Higashikata? Why are the stairs and rooms above the steps forbidden? Who is 'Yoshikage Kira', is he really deceased or is there something bigger going on like a stand power that we haven't seen yet at work.

So we're going on our third month in a row with no translated Jojolion chapters now..... but fear not! They shall come in due time! From what I found out, the reason no translated chapters were released so far was because there weren't any decent quality raws to work on, but that's changed now. So the missing chapters will be arriving soon, most likely all at once.

That being said, the raw of this month's chapter is out! To make a long story short:

Spoiler for chapter 10:

Yasuho returns to the Higashikata residence, despite Norisuke's warning from a while back. However, Daiya discovers her. She seems to shoo her away while still controlling Josuke. However, he makes another attempt to trick her into returning his memories, but sadly, his plan backfires once again, and he's forced to pay the ultimate price...... the memories of his stand power!

Meanwhile, Yasuho, who's still lurking somewhere near the mansion, calls Josuke's cell phone. It also appears that Josuke himself hasn't completely forgotten about her, which enrages Daiya. She threatens to destroy his memories, and even damages his chess pieces (which also damages his eyes for some reason). Daiya answers the phone in her room and upon hearing Yasuho's voice, she loses it and is about to destroy Josuke's memories for good, but in her rage, she fails to notice that she's standing on..... his shadow! Josuke's stolen memories finally return to him, but it seems he holds no grudge against Daiya, despite the mischief she put him through. On the contrary, he has her help him search her father's room (that he was previously forbidden from entering, remember). And what do they find inside....?

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^It should be noted that the book with the familiar strange symbol on it has "Steel Ball Run Race" as its title. Looks like ol' Norisuke is hiding one hell of a dark secret.....

Ho, hum..... still no translated chapters yet. But in the meantime, a spoiler for this month's Jojolion came along:

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Now this is some real interesting info here. This is a list detailing the Higashikata and Joestar family trees. We get confirmation that Johnny (full name Jonathan) married the original Norisuke's daughter in SBR. However, what's interesting is that most of the Joestar descendants up to Holly are still the same as in the original Jojo universe..... but that isn't the case with her son. See, instead of marrying Sadao Kujo (who was Jotaro's father), she ends up marrying...... Yoshiteki Kira. And the name of their son? Yoshikage. So that's right, Yoshikage Kira has taken Jotaro's place in this alternate Jojo timeline....!!

Oh, and something else interesting to point out is that the 4th generation's Norisuke Higashikata (the current one in other words) was apparently originally named Josuke, as well...... yeah. So there we have it: The Joestar, Higashikata and Kira families are all related to each other in this alternate Jojoverse. Kray-zay!

Ho, hum..... still no translated chapters yet. But in the meantime, a spoiler for this month's Jojolion came along:

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Now this is some real interesting info here. This is a list detailing the Higashikata and Joestar family trees. We get confirmation that Johnny (full name Jonathan) married the original Norisuke's daughter in SBR. However, what's interesting is that most of the Joestar descendants up to Holly are still the same as in the original Jojo universe..... but that isn't the case with her son. See, instead of marrying Sadao Kujo (who was Jotaro's father), she ends up marrying...... Yoshiteki Kira. And the name of their son? Yoshikage. So that's right, Yoshikage Kira has taken Jotaro's place in this alternate Jojo timeline....!!

Oh, and something else interesting to point out is that the 4th generation's Norisuke Higashikata (the current one in other words) was apparently originally named Josuke, as well...... yeah. So there we have it: The Joestar, Higashikata and Kira families are all related to each other in this alternate Jojoverse. Kray-zay!

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That is some crazy stuff indeed. Kira is now a Jojo... oh wow. Another thing that has changed is the date of birth of the characters. Most of them were born a few years later than in the original Jojoverse.

Assuming the universe Emporio ends up in at the end of Stone Ocean is the same as this one, than that means the Jolyne he meets is not a Joestar, despite having the star shaped birthmark.

Damn, I can't believe this slipped under my radar, but not one, but two SBR chapters were translated just recently:

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And the both of them are, simply put, EPIC. The long battle against president Valentine finally draws to a close. However, despite his defeat one last surprise foe makes his appearance. I won't speak of his identity just yet, despite having just typed this in the spoiler tags. All I can say for now is that you guys ought to go out the chapters for yourselves as soon as possible.